OBX Pier FIshing?

I wouldn't plan my day around catching a dolphin or a tarpon inshore. It happens on occasion but not enough to consider it to be a reliable fishery. Depends a lot on the wind direction on the outer banks north of hatteras. A southwest wind even in the dead of summer can turn that water over and will drive seventy five degree water down to temps that will make your teeth chatter if you step foot in it. The Labrador current. It's very odd...it's frustrating for families that plan their vacation at the beach when it's 95 degrees outside and the water will send you into hypothermia.